Spaza shop owners had until Friday last week to register their businesses for compliance. 

Ndabeni was addressing members of the media in Pretoria this afternoon where she touched on a number of issues, including the R500 million ($26 736 million) intervention fund aimed at supporting small businesses.

The R500 million ($26 736 million) spaza support fund, aims to achieve economies of scale. By linking spaza shops and food handling outlets to buying in groups for bulk purchasing. Many businesses people have complained that they were not able to get discounts. Now we are trying to encourage them to work together so that they can be able to buy in bulk."

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